Archive for category: WTA Tour
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Hradecka meets Flipkens in 2012 Quebec final
Lucie Hradecka eliminates Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets to set up a 2012 Quebec WTA final against Flipkens. Eighth seed Hradecka, who is yet to conquer a WTA tournament, opened the match with breaking French youngster. She was holding on to her advantage in the following games which enabled her [...] -
Irina-Camelia Begu beats Vekic and wins Tashkent Open 2012
The champion at this year’s Tashkent Open is Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, who managed to break the amazing winning streak of sixteen year old Donna Vekic of Croatia to win the final 6-4 6-4 in an hour and twenty minutes. Begu, twenty two years old and ranked 87 on the [...] -
Barthel and Flipkens advance into semis, defending champ exits Quebec
Kirsten Flipkens and Mona Barthel march on at Challenge Bell in Quebec as they finish off their quarterfinal opponents in straight sets. After excelling in the first two matches, beating top seed Cibulkova in the process, Flipkens took on Georgian Anna Takishvili in quarterfinal. World No. 102 Belgian gave away [...] -
Mladenovic and Hradecka to face each other in WTA Quebec semis
Kristina Mladenovic and Lucie Hradecka will be meeting in the Quebec WTA tournament semis after easy victories. 123th-ranked rising star Mladenovic was playing her first WTA quarterfinal against US player Melanie Oudin, and it was surely a memorable one. 20-year-old American was unable to hold a serve in the opener, [...] -
Donna Vekic – rising Croatian Star reaches Tashkent Open final
Ranked 183 on the WTA rankings list, sixteen year old Donna Vekic had not broken through qualifying rounds in her short WTA career until she arrived at the Tashkent Open being played this week. Unseeded even in the qualifiers, she beat that part of the tournament’s 4th seed in her [...] -
Unseeded Irina-Camelia Begu advances into the Tashkent Open final
Three of the four quarter final matches in the Tashkent Open this week went to three sets, with Eva Birnerova taking out the fifth seed, Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-3 4-6 6-2 in just over two hours and Croatian newcomer to the tennis scene, Donna Vekic, getting the better of [...] -
Davis stuns Wickmayer, Wozniak retires in 2nd round of Quebec
Lauren Davis took a surprisingly easy victory against Wickmayer, Melanie Oudin also reached the 2012 Bell Challenge quarterfinal after home crowd favorite Wozniak retired. US teenager Davis needed a bit more than one hour to dismiss second-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer and to achieve her first ever WTA quarterfinal. She got [...] -
Barthel reaches QFs in Quebec, plays Zahlavova-Strycova next
Kirsten Flipkens, Anna Tatishvili, Mona Barthel, and 2011 title holder Barbora Zahlavova Strycova make it to the quarterfinal of Challenge Bell WTA tournament in Quebec. Unseeded Belgian Flipkens continues to perform well in Quebec. She eliminated top seed Cibulkova in the first round and was matched up against Croat Mirjana [...] -
Wickmayer and Wozniak proceed to the second round in Quebec
Yanina Wickmayer and Aleksandra Wozniak secure their second round spots at the Quebec WTA tournament. They will be facing Americans Davis and Ouden in the round of 16. Second seed Belgian Wickmayer had an easy enough job against 150th-ranked American Alison Riske. Three-time WTA title holder Wickmayer was broken in [...] -
Top seed Cibulkova out of Quebec, Barthel squeezes through
Kirsten Flipkens advanced into second round of 2012 Quebec WTA tournament after seeing off top seed Cibulkova. Mona Barthel also booked her place in the next round after escaping defeat against Watson. Top seed Slovak Dominika Cibulkova was supposed to be one of the main contenders for 2012 Quebec WTA [...] -
Serena Williams beats Azarenka in US Open final, wins 15th Grand Slam career title
Follow Djokovic vs Murray Live US Open 2012 Serena Williams is the 2012 US Open champion after defeating world no.1 Victoria Azarenka in a three set battle 6-2 2-6 7-5. This is the 4th Flushing Meadows triumph for the American and her 15th Grand Slam career title overall. She was [...] -
Errani and Vinci Win The US Open 2012 Ladies Doubles Title
A very delighted and excited Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, the number two seeds, raised the Women’s Doubles trophy above their heads on Louis Armstrong Stadium after seeing off the challenge of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who were seeded third, in the final played Sunday afternoon as the curtain [...] -
Serena demolishes Errani and sets up Azarenka final at the US Open 2012
See full match live commentary here: Serena Williams vs Sara Errani As It Happened Three time US Open champion Serena Williams advanced into the final at Flushing Meadows after a more than convicing 6-1 6-2 victory over Italian Sara Errani in today’s semifinal. The American dominated from the very beginning [...]
